Putter head



Dec. 13, 1949 s. N. LIOLICH 2,491,383

PUT'IER HEAD Filed Nov. 30, 1945 3rwentor fibmlk/ zaaa/lzi attorneys Patented Dec. 13, 1949 UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,491,383 PUTTER HEAD Samuel N. Liolich, Detroit, Mich.

Application November 30, 1945, Serial No. 631,843

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in golf clubs and particularly to that type of club known as a putter.

More specifically an object is to provide a putter the head of which is so shaped and balanced and constructed as to promote accuracy of putting for all individuals using it.

Another object is to provide a putter so formed as to be readily adaptable for use by any individual golfer. Difierent golfers assume different positions in putting and hold the putter at different angles with respect to the ground and swing differently at the ball. All these difierences add up to produce variations in the angle which the head of the putter takes with respect to the surface of the ground and also with respect to the ball.

One object of this invention is to provide a putter head which is so formed that regardless of the aforesaid differences the putter may be swung to strike the ball accurately and may be swung toward and away from the ball with the minimum danger of being interfered with by striking an obstruction on the ground.

Other objects, advantages and meritorious features of this invention will more fully appear from the following description, appended claim and accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a golf club head embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a plan of the golf club head shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the golf club head shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

In the drawing there is shown a putter head having a front face [0, a top face [2, a bottom face or sole M, a toe portion IS, a heel portion l8, and a goose neck shank portion 20. The shank extends upwardly and outwardly from the heel of the head and forwardly from the front face thereof as shown particularly in the plan view of Figure 2.

As shown particularly in Figures 1, 3 and 5, the head is elongate from toe to heel and the front face is of a generally oblong shape. This oblong shape is attained by the sole of the head sloping upwardly toward the toe and toward the heel and generally speaking the top surface of the head slopes downwardly toward the heel and toward the toe to meet the sole. This is shown 2 particularly in the cross sectional view of Figure 5.

The top surface l2 of the head slopes downwardly from the front face and from a flatted top portion adjacent thereto to a meeting line 22 with the sole. The sole slopes upwardly toward the rear and toward the heel and the toe to a junction with such meeting line 22. As shown in Figure 3 this junction line 22 slopes rearwardly and downwardly from the toe and from the heel to a point on the head intermediate between the toe and the heel.

It will further be observed that the sole not only slopes upwardly toward such meeting line 22 but that the bottom of the sole is preferably provided with a flat sole portion l5 (Figure 4) which extends parallel to the front face I0 and is spaced slightly rearwardly therefrom. Such flat sole portion is of relatively narrow width as shown in Figure 4 and is flatted from front to rear being curved upwardly toward the heel and toward the toe. From the flatted portion [5 the sole slopes upwardly toward the rear and toward both ends to the junction line 22 with the top face as shown in Figure 4. The sole also slopes upwardly from this flat portion [5 toward the front face If] through the beveled sole portion ll.

As shown in Figure 1 the head may be rocked over its toe to heel curvature of the sole to position the head as desired by the player. As shown in Figure 4 when the head is swung toward or away from the ball the fore and aft curvature of the sole is such as to minimize the possibility of the head striking an obstruction on the ground such as to impede the swing of the club toward or away from the ball.

It is apparent from the foregoing that the sole of the head of the club is curved in two directions and that the shank is off-set outwardly and forwardly and that the head may therefore be easily tilted toward toe or heel or from front to rear as desired by the individual player. It is also apparent that at any such tilted position the head may be swung in making a stroke without danger of striking an obstruction on the ground.

What I claim is:

A putter head having a generally upright ball contacting face of a generally oblong shape from toe to heel, said head being provided with a shank extending upwardly and outwardly from the heel and offset forwardly of its ball contacting face, said head having a sole of generally arcuate shape from toe to heel and including a generally cylin drical relatively narrow forward surface area thereof to merge with the lower margin of the 10 1,555,425

ball contacting face, said juncture line being curved rearwardly and downwardly from toe and heel to a point intermediate therebetween and spaced at all points above the bottom of the sole.

SAMUEL N. LIOLICH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 83,077 Sussams Jan. 13, 1931 D. 146,431 Liolich Mar. 4, 1947 1,528,017 Gammeter Mar. 3, 1925 McKenzie Sept. 29, 1925 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 22,574 Great Britain Dec. 28, 1891 160,030 Great Britain Mar. 17, 1921 243,435 Great Britain Nov. 26, 1925 

